‘Infrastructure for water deal will take a few years’

By N. TRISHA

Among the plans in the Perak-Penang water deal is a RM4mil compact Water Treatment Plant in Sungai Kerian, which can provide a capacity of 2.4 million litres per day. — Photos: CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

IT WILL take five or six years to complete the infrastructure needed for Penang to start buying water from Perak.

Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the water deal was now a top priority to ensure that Penangites were assured of water security.

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